Division of Measurement Standards

Publications

The following forms and publications files are available in Portable Document Format (PDF).

California Law

Business and Professions Code, Division 5. Weights and Measures §§ 12001-13800
As Published on California Legislative Information website

2024 BPC Revision Index (Extract) (PDF)

2024 BPC Chapters 1-16 (Combined) (PDF)

Chapter 1. General Provisions (12001-12027)
Chapter 2. Administration (12100-12246) REVISED 2024
Chapter 3. Standards of Weights and Measures (12300-12314)
Chapter 5. Weighing and Measuring Devices (12500-12519)
Chapter 5.5. Service Agencies for Weighing and Measuring Devices (12531-12544) REVISED 2024
Chapter 6. Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (12601-12615.5)
Chapter 6.5. Unit Pricing (12655-12656)
Chapter 7. Weighmasters (12700-12737)
Chapter 9. Special Provisions Relating to Farm Products (12925-12930)
Chapter 13. Automatic Checkout Systems (13300-13357)
Chapter 14. Fuels and Lubricants (13400-13630) REVISED 2024
Chapter 14.5. Service Stations (13650-13660)
Chapter 15. Automotive Products (13700-13741)
Chapter 16. Rental Vehicles (13800)

Repealed Chapters

Chapter 4.Unit of Measure (PDF)
Chapter 6.6. Standard Bread Loaf (PDF)
Chapter 8. Terminal Weighing (PDF)
Chapter 10. Flour and Meal Containers (PDF)
Chapter 11. Textile Products (PDF)
Chapter 12. Animal Euthanasic Devices (PDF)
Chapter 17. Automatic Transmission Fluid (PDF)

California Regulations

California Code of Regulations (CCR)

California Code of Regulations, Title 4. Business Regulations,
Division 9. Division of Measurement Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture §§ 4000-4900 and Appendix A
As Published on Thomson Reuters Westlaw website

2024 CCR Revision Index (Extract) [PDF]
NIST Publications - Handbooks 44, 130, 133

Chapter 1: Tolerances and Specifications for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices Expand this section (§§ 4000 - 4029.6)
REVISED 2024

Article 1. National Uniformity, Exceptions and Additions (§§ 4000 - 4009.6)
Article 2. Specification and Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices (§§ 4010 - 4011.5)
Article 2.1 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tanks when Mounted on Highway Vehicles and Used as Measures (§§ 4012 - 4026.6)
Article 2.2 Electric Watthour Meters (§§ 4027- 4028.6)
Article 2.3 Carbon Dioxide Liquide-Measuring Devices (§§ 4029 - 4029.6)

Chapter 2. Special Equipment Expand this section (§ 4050 - 4055)

Article 1. Compressed Gas Cylinders (§§ 4050 - 4053)
Article 2. Procedures for Type Approval Certification Evaluation and Field Compliance Testing of Vapor Recovery Systems (§§ 4054 - 4055)

Chapter 3. Device Inspection Expand this section (§§ 4070 - 4075)

Article 1. Frequency of Inspection (§ 4070)
Article 2. Alternatives to Specified Frequency of Inspection (§§ 4071 - 4074)
Article 3. Annual Device Administrative Fee (§ 4075)

Chapter 4. Registration of Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices (§§ 4080 - 4088)

Chapter 5. Billing for Utility Services (§ 4090)

Chapter 6. Automotive Products Specifications Expand this section (§§ 4100 - 4191)

Article 1. Brake Fluid Standards (§ 4100)
Article 2. Brake Fluid Labeling (§§ 4110 - 4112)
Article 3. Automatic Transmission Fluid Standards [Repealed]
Article 4. Automatic Transmission Fluid Registration [Repealed]
Article 5. Engine Fuel Standards (§§; 4140 - 4149)
Article 6. Engine Oil Labeling and Exemptions (§§ 4150 - 4152)
Article 7. Labeling and Specifications of Engine Coolants (§§ 4160 - 4175)
Article 8. Specifications for Hydrogen Gas Used in Internal Combustion Engines and Fuel Cells ( §§ 4180 - 4181)
Article 9. Specifications for Dimethyl Ether Used as a Motor Vehicle Fuel (§§ 4190 - 4191)

Chapter 7. Advertising and Labeling of Gasoline and Other Motor Vehicle Fuels (§§ 4200 - 4207)

Chapter 8. Motor Oil Fee (§§ 4300 - 4309)

Chapter 9. Weighmaster Enforcement Expand this section (§§ 4400 - 4496.6)

Article 1. General Provisions (§§ 4400 - 4403)
Article 2. Weighmaster Certificates (§§ 4410 - 4415)
Article 3. Predetermined Individual Tare Weights (§§ 4420 - 4423)
Article 4. Seasonal Tare Weights (§§ 4430 - 4433)
Article 5. Common Tare Weights (§§ 4440 - 4446)
Article 6. Limits of Permissible Error (§ 4450)
Article 7. Average Tare Weights (§§ 4460 - 4461)
Article 8. Volumetric Conversion to Weight of Squid (§§ 4470 - 4472)
Article 9. Director's Approval of Inspection of Weighmaster Records )§§ 4480 - 4486)
Article 10. Timber Tare Weights (§§ 4490 - 4493)
Article 11. Multiple Draft Weighing Operations (§§ 4495 - 4495.6)
Article 12. Unattended Weighing Systems (§§ 4496 - 4496.6)

Chapter 10. Quantity Control Expand this section (§§ 4500 – 4536.2) REVISED 2024

Article 1. General (§§ 4500 - 4503 )
Article 2. Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (§§ 4510 - 4522)
Article 3. Wood for Fuel Purposes (§§ 4530 - 4536.2 )

Chapter 11. Sampling and Testing Procedures for Determining the Net Contents of Packaged Commodities Expand this section (§§ 4600 – 4657)

Article 1. Definitions (§§ 4600 - 4626)
Article 2. Sampling and Testing Procedures for Determining the Net Contents of Packaged Commodities (§§ 4650 - 4657)

Chapter 12. Administration Expand this section (§§ 4700 – 4900 and Appendix A)